【Travel Fun Fact】India’s Human-Powered Ferris Wheel

Ferris wheels are not unfamiliar amusement rides for Hong Kong people, but in a country where power outages can happen at any time—India—the Ferris wheels in amusement parks are a bit different from what we’re used to. Here, most Ferris wheels are no longer motorized but are instead powered by manpower.

InIndia,the most effective way to keep a Ferris wheel running smoothly all day is, of course, to use its most abundant resource: people. The park hires a group of “brave souls” who climb onto the Ferris wheel. Some are responsible for pushing it, while others hang from it to ensure it turns smoothly. Moreover, these Ferris wheels are designed extremely simply, consisting of just a metal frame with several open-air seats, relying on the efforts of these daredevils to bring endless joy to visitors and locals alike.

This zero-emission, human-powered Ferris wheel is undoubtedly very eco-friendly, but its safety level is far less certain. Such a Ferris wheel would probably never be approved in Hong Kong. So, if you want to try a human-powered Ferris wheel, you might have to go toIndiain person.

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